Series II Volume 4 (34), No. 2 June 2008 1118 ARMENIAN 1 8 81. NUMISMATIC JOURNAL TABLE OF CONTENTS Vol. 4 (2008) No. 2 Announcement 27 Letters 27 SARYAN, L. A. International Conference on the Culture of Cilician Armenia 28 Bibliography of R. Y. Vardanyan 29 NERCESSIAN, Y. T. Counterfeit Gold Double Tahekans of Levon I 26 SARYAN, L. A. Counterfeit Coins of Tigranes the Great from Baalbek 37 Armenian Numismatic Literature 39 ISHKANIAN, H. / [Hot Cake] 41 SARYAN, L. A. Catalog of Armenian Fantasies 42 SARYAN, L. A. Armenian Paper Currency Chronicled 43 VRTANESYAN, L. A Parcel of Armenian Coins from Aintab 45 ' - ARMENIAN NUMISMATIC JOURNAL June 2008 Series II Vol. 4 (34 No. 2 ANNOUNCEMENT in slock. During 2008 The following lilies are running low, each less lhan 50 copies left we expecl some of Ihem lo be OUT OF PRINT. SP08. Nercessiaii, Y. T. Armenian Coins and Their Values, 1995, 256 pp., 48 pis. SP12. Nercessian, Y. T. Armenian Coin Auctions, 2006, vi, 118 pp. SP13. Nercessian, Y. T. Metrology of Cilician Armenian Coinage, 2007, xiv, 161 pp. B3. Bedoukian, P. Z. Armenian Coins and Medals, 1971, [24 pp.] B4. Bedoukian, P. Z., Armenian Books, 1975, [24 pp.] B8. Bedoukian, P. Z., Eighteenth Centuiy Armenian Medals Struck in Holland, 24 pp. Then on limited copies of author’s SP8 will be for sale by the author- net price each $50.00. LETTERS AND E^MIAILS TO THE EDITOR, /, /18 .- / .- - : ,, / - . - , Boy! I’m really impressed with the quality of the printing and binding, dedicated people who care what they’re doing. Paul Baenen The book [ACV] was received safely today, many thanks. ... I will now try to list my coins by referring to your book as ACV {Armenian Coins and Their Values) and to CCA (Coinage of Cilician Armenia). Gylfi SnoiTason ARMENIAN NUMISMATIC JOURNAL is the quarterly publication of Armenian Numismatic Soci- ety, an educational, non-profit organization. Editor, Y. T. Nercessian, 8511 Beverly Park Place, Pico Rivera, CA 90660-1920, USA (webpage: www.ArmNumSoc.org/ ; e-mail: ArmNumSoc- (fl aoLcom ). Associate Editors, W. Gewenian and T. Nercessian, Corresponding Editors, L. A. Saryan. Non-member subscriptions $60/70 per year. ISSN 0884-0180—LCCN 85-649443 Armenian Numismatic Journal, Vol. 4 (34), (2008) 27 Letters INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE CULTURE OF CILICIAN ARMENIA (January 14-17, 2008, Antelias. Lebanon) The Inlematioiial Conference on the Culture of Cilician Armenia took place at the Catholicosate of Cihcia in Antelias, Lebanon, at the invitation and sponsorship of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the ofCihcia, from January 14-17, 2008. This conference was devoted to all aspects of the culture of Cihcia during the period of Armenian rule (1080-1375 AD), and also included coverage of the cataclys- mic 9''' ^ events of the late 1 and early 20“' centuries. Among the topics covered were art and miniature painting, linguistics, history, theology, diplomacy lorsemanship, carpets, medicine, commerce, numismatics, manuscripts, liturgical artifacts, and ethnogra- phy. Altogether, about 50 pronnnent Armenian and non-Armenian scholars made presentations, including a contingent of about 25 scholars representing the Matenadaran, Yerevan State University, and the Academy ot Sciences in Armenia. Papers were presented in Armenian, English, or French, with ample time allotted tor questions and discussion. included several whose names may be familiar to our readers: IF Dickran Kouymjian Mutafian (Pans), Levon Chookaszian (Yerevan), Azat Bozoyan (Yerevan) Stella Vardanyan (Yerevan), Vahan Ter-Ghevontian (Yerevan/Beirut), Sylvie Agemian (Beirut), Fr Levon Zekiyan (Venice), and Seta Dadoyan (New York), to name just a few. The participation of non-Armenian (England), Peter Cowe (USA), Jasnrine Dum Tragut aauderiau^’v'' (Austria), Jean- Voisin and Charles Renoux (France), Valentino Pace and Michele Bacci (Italy), Anna Balkan (Greece), and Nicholas Coureas (Cyprus), was also noteworthy. I was the only speaker to address Armenian numismatics, offering a paper entitled “The Unique Silver Double Tram of King Gosdantin I (1298-1299) of Cilician Armenia,” which I gave in sumnrary form in Armenian, followed by a longer exposition in English. Modestly, I can say that my paper was extremely well received and generated much interest from the audience. Another numismatic paper, entitled “Nunns- matology of Cilician Armenian Money,” was scheduled to be presented by Neshan Margossian but speaker the was unable to attend. I look forward to reading his paper when the proceedings are published. In addition to tlie technical sessions, of course, we had the opportunity to study the wonderful pieseived artifacts in the Cihcia Museum” located on the premises of the Catholicosate. Among the treasures of he Holy See are the silver urn for holy clsm (miuron) dating from 19'" the early century, and the relic of the right arm of St. Gregory the Illuminator. The exlnbits, which also include rare :^;nuscripts printed books, religious vestments, rugs, liturgical vessels, and coins, are well-lit and tastefiilly displayed I want o add that the facilities at Anteliasthe Cathedral of St. Gregory the Illunhnator, the Martyrs’ apel, the library, the Veharan where the meetings were held, the seminary buildings—everything reflect the care and planning that has been devoted to developing this center over the past 75 years. The plaiuiing and organization of the conference were flawlessly arranged by His Grace Bishop Alemezian Nareg and his anny of seminary students, who attended to a myriad of details, such as PowerPoint pro jection facilities simultaneous translations, flight ticket confirmations, and sightseeing excursions The ho pitahty afforded to us m Beirut was without peer, beginning from our arrival at the airport until the very IttlTrthe J'T n comfortable and be rermss if I did not add my personal word of thanks to the staff of the Holy See andnni thetl p Prelacy of Lebanon for their myriad kindnesses. The conference as a whole was very successful, as it had the effect of creating an intellectual bridge be- tween scholars in Armenia and the diaspora. I personally feel a great debt of gratitude and joy that I was able to bring the voice of Armenian numismatics to the context of Armenian life in Cilicia through my par- ticipation in this ^ conference. r. Levon A. Saryan, Ph.D. 28 Armenian Numismatic Journal, Vol. 4 (34), (2008) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF R. Y. VARDANYAN 01. 1983 Parfianskaia invest! tura [Parthian hivestiture] - Plapcp^HCKaR miBecnirypa, aBTop Pyceii 02. BapiiaiiRH, Drevnie kultury Yevrazii i antichnaia tsivilizatsiia. Tezisy dokladov [Ancient Cultures of Euroasia and Antique Civilization. Abstracts of Papers], Leningrad: State Hermitage, 1983, pp. 20-23. hi Russian. 1984 Elimaidskie monety iz Khuzistana [Elymaean Coins from Khuzistan] - 3jiiiMaiiiicKiie MoncTbi 113 Xy3HCTaiia, aBTop PyBeii Bapiiaium, Narody Azii i Afriki, Lfe 1 (1984), pp. 93-100. In Russian. 1986 03. Elimaidskie monety: k khronologicheskoT sistematizatsii bronzovykh emissiT 2-go v.n.e. [Elymaean Coins: A Clironological Systematization of Bronze Emissions in the Second Century A.D.] - SjniManztcKiie Moiienu: k xpoHOJionmecKofl ciicTeMaTH3 aiinH BpoH30Bbix oMHCciifi 2-ro B. n. 3., aBxop PyBeii Bapiiaimii, Vestnik Drevnet Istorii, Jfo 1 (1986), pp. 99- 1 17, illus. In Russian with English summary. 1987 04. K voprosu o datirovke dvukh grupp armianskikh monet ellinisticheskoT epokhi [On the Dating of Two Groups of Armenian Coins of Hellenistic Epoch] - K Boiipocy o itaxiipoBKe zuiyx ipynn apMRHCKiix moiict ajummicnmecKofi aiioxn, PyBeii BapztaiiJiii, Patma-Banasirakan Handes, Xe 2 (1987), pp. 195-207, illus. In Russian with Armenian summary. 1988 05. K datirovke naskalnykh rel’efov Tang-I Sarvaka [On the Dating of Rock-Reliefs of Tang-i Sarvak] - K iiaxiipoBKe iiacKaJiBiibix pcjibccJioB Taiir-ii CapBaxa, aarop PyBeii Bapiiaimii, Tretii vsesoiuznyi simpozium po problemam ellinisticheskoi kultury na Vostoke. Tezisy dokladov. Institut Arkheologii AN SSSR, Institut Arkheologii i Etnografii AN Arm.SSR [Third allunion sympozium concerning the problems of hellenistic culture in the East. Abstracts of papers. Institute of Archaeology of AS USSR, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of AS Arm.SSR], Yerevan, 1988, pp. 14-15. In Russian. 1992 06. “Arshakidskil povorot” [“Arsacid Turn”] - “ApuiaKiiACKiifl iioBopor”, aarop Pyaeii Bapiianaii, Vestnik Drevnei Istorii, Ns 4 (1992), pp. 106-1 15. In Russian with English summary. Armenian Numismatic Journal, Vol. 4 (34) (2008) 29 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1997 07 . A propos de la dalation de Fang-i Sarvak II, par Rouben Vardanian. Iranica Antiaua Vol XXXII (1997), pp. 151-161, illus. 08 . Ditoghut‘yunner Tigran Metsi bronze t‘ogharkumneri ch‘ap‘agitut‘yan ev zhamanakagrut‘yan veraberyal [Some Remarks on the Metrology and Chronology of the Bronze Issues of llgranes the Great] - ' . Hayots patmut'yau ev mshakuyt'i harts 'er. Gitakan,nstashrjan. Nvirvum e Alek.Maiuikyani hishatakin. Zekuts‘unmeri himnadruyt‘ner [Problems of Armenian History and Culture. Scientific Session in Memory of Alek Manoukian. Abstracts of papers], Yerevan State History Museum of Armenia, 1 997, pp. 8- 1 0. In Armenian. 1998 09. M.t‘. Ill dan arajin kesi kayserakan bronze dramneri gandz Mtsbmits‘ [A Hoard of Greek- Imperial Bronz Coins from Nisibin] - .. III ' . Dramashrjanarut'yune Hayastanum. Hanrapelakan , gitakan nstaslujan, 21 noyemberi..Zekuts‘umnen tezisner. HH AA Hnagitutyan ev azgagrut‘yan institut, HH Kentronakan bank [Money Circulation in Armenia. Republican Scientific Session.